Conspiracies at the Supreme Court
Today at the Supreme Court, the justices made a spirited journey to the very heart of our nation’s federal conspiracy law.
View ArticleJudge of the Day: From the Bench to the Big House?
A state supreme court justice just got convicted of multiple felonies. What did she do?
View Article‘Cannibal Cop’ Convicted in Kidnapping Conspiracy Case
Don't read this story if you're eating at your desk right now.
View ArticlePaul Bergrin, ‘The Baddest Lawyer in the History of Jersey,’ Convicted at Last
A former federal prosecutor gets convicted of murder, racketeering, and a whole host of other crimes.
View ArticleAttempted Cannibalism and Furthering Jihad: Two Views of Intent in a Criminal...
A jury is most likely to find people guilty the more they’re doing something that the jurors themselves think of as not funny and, in fact, really quite repugnant.
View ArticleConspiracy and Its Discontents
Federal conspiracy laws make pretty much everything a crime. Good luck out there.
View ArticleAnother Reason It’s Better To Be A Cop Than Accused Of A Crime
The Supreme Court likes stacking the deck.
View ArticleThe Conspiracy Conspiracy
This Friday, May 15 NACDL is having a one-day conference on conspiracy law.
View ArticlePresident Trump: How Bad Could It Get?
Trump's Justice Department could be a frightening thing given our federal judiciary.
View ArticleJudge of the Day: From the Bench to the Big House?
A state supreme court justice just got convicted of multiple felonies. What did she do?
View Article‘Cannibal Cop’ Convicted in Kidnapping Conspiracy Case
Don't read this story if you're eating at your desk right now.
View ArticlePaul Bergrin, ‘The Baddest Lawyer in the History of Jersey,’ Convicted at Last
A former federal prosecutor gets convicted of murder, racketeering, and a whole host of other crimes.
View ArticleAttempted Cannibalism and Furthering Jihad: Two Views of Intent in a Criminal...
A jury is most likely to find people guilty the more they’re doing something that the jurors themselves think of as not funny and, in fact, really quite repugnant.
View ArticleConspiracy and Its Discontents
Federal conspiracy laws make pretty much everything a crime. Good luck out there.
View ArticleAnother Reason It’s Better To Be A Cop Than Accused Of A Crime
The Supreme Court likes stacking the deck.
View ArticleThe Conspiracy Conspiracy
This Friday, May 15 NACDL is having a one-day conference on conspiracy law.
View ArticlePresident Trump: How Bad Could It Get?
Trump's Justice Department could be a frightening thing given our federal judiciary.
View ArticleDesperate Dems Contriving Criminality After Don Jr. Meeting
Without treason, collusion, conspiracy, or federal election law violations, the Democrats are left with... nothing.
View ArticleMorning Docket: 12.11.17
* Sitting en banc, the Seventh Circuit reinstated the conviction of Making a Murderer's Brendan Dassey in a split decision. If you recall, Dassey's conviction was overturned by a federal magistrate in...
View ArticleNon-Sequiturs: 08.12.18
* Thanks to the not-so-orphaned Kennedy clerks, this Term could see a record number of clerks at the Supreme Court, as Tony Mauro reports. [National Law Journal] * Speaking of clerks, I talk quite a...
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